I have always struggled with expressing emotion, I used to think I was a very hard person but music has shown me I'm a big softy! Writing songs to me…

- Roxanne Emery

I was actually working throughout the worst of the recession. I watched half my team lose their jobs, the hours were longer and the future was uncert…

- Roxanne Emery

The biggest lesson is that you write the best songs when you're being real, an honest and you mean what you're saying, not trying to be something you…

- Roxanne Emery

Singing your own songs live is so personal, it's like standing there reading out your diary pages. I still get really nervous so I would have to say …

- Roxanne Emery

I would say the main themes are love, loss and life. Although a lot of the songs represent hard times and situations I think my album is positive, th…

- Roxanne Emery

LATE will always be the most important song to me. I used to struggle to perform it live without getting upset but have performed it a lot now, which…

- Roxanne Emery

Cuts in a sector are never going to be welcomed, and arts funding cut by up to 30% doesn't make nice reading. But cuts are happening across the board…

- Roxanne Emery

The best advice came from my manager, Anne, who told me to never compare myself to other people and to be true to myself. There's so many talented pe…

- Roxanne Emery